ABC Animation has announced that the upcoming anime adaptation of Umihoshi Nanai’s Wound & Bandage (Kizuguchi to Hōtai) manga will premiere on January 9, 2027. A new teaser trailer and key visual for Wound & Bandage were revealed alongside the anime’s main cast members.
The main cast of the anime includes Chikahiro Kobayashi as Gō Kiritani and Hisako Kanemoto as Riyo Washizu.
When it premieres, the Wound and Bandage anime will be airing ABC and TV Asahi’s Animazing!!! programming block on Saturday nights at 26:00 / Sunday mornings at 2:00 a.m. JST.
Miyuki Ishida is directing the anime at J.C. Staff. Susumu Yamakawa is writing the scripts, and Natsuki Ōyama is designing the characters.
Umihoshi launched the Wound and Bandage manga debuted on Kodansha’s Comic Days app in August 2024. Kodansha will ship the fifth volume on July 16.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the series via MyAnimeList:
Kiritani, the vice-leader of the Kurotorikai yakuza group, is assigned to be the caretaker for Riyo Washizu, the daughter of the Washizugumi organization’s grand chairman.
Although Kiritani initially thinks this task will be easy because Riyo appears obedient, Kiritani later discovers that Riyo has a specific fetish called ‘Yowaraa.’ This fetish makes Riyo feel aroused whenever she sees someone strong or tough become weak and helpless. The story focuses on the romantic comedy relationship between the young yakuza lady and her caretaker.
 manga will premiere on January 9.){kind=link}